Well, at least a knitted one :)
I adapted my St. Nicholas decoration from Little Cotton Rabbit's Tiny Christmas Bear Decorations- well worth the knitting! You can too!
Make the Christmas Tree Bears according to the directions here, make it the longer version with no legs. I left out the ribbon- you can keep it, just make it a little longer.
For the face, make two eyes as described, use your yarn to make a small nose, and make a straight stitch for the mouth.
For the beard, use white yarn and make small loops across the bottom of the face. You will need several rows, and the loops work best if offset from each other as you go up a row. Stop below the mouth.
Instead of ears, make a mitre. This is how I made mine:
Knit two of these.
Cast on 7 stitches. Knit 3 rows.
Row 4: Pearl.
Row 5: K2 tog, K 3, K2 tog. (5 sts)
Row 6: Pearl
Row 7: K2 tog, K1, K2 tog. (3 sts)
Row 8: Pearl
Row 9: Slip 1, K2 tog, Pass Slipped Stitch Over.
On one of the mitre pieces, embroider a cross. Sew the two pieces together. If you included the ribbon, just sew across this.
For the arms, make an I-cord as mentioned in the Little Cotton Rabbit's site- only switch colours after 5 rows, knitting 3 rows in the flesh colour. Run the ends inside the I-cord before attaching to the body.
Finally sew the mitre to the top of St. Nicholas's head- voila! A teddy-turned St. Nick :D
P.S. I used regular worsted wool on very small needles because I like the way it knits up ;)
That's so cute!
ReplyDeleteI can't knit a purl, so I am impressed by anything that looks like it's supposed to look. :o)
I should see if my daughter would like to make one for our tree.
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It's perfect! I love St. Nick. We brought back chocolate euros for the boys from St. Niklaus. They loved it. Even little chocolate euro bills! I had heard that chocolate coins were recalled over here and wanted to make sure we had some.
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